Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1419, tit for tat

In Liu Jin's mansion in the capital, in the study, Liu Jin was reading a letter carefully, and couldn't help laughing after reading it.

"It seems that I am still too kind. These conservative officials really want to eat my flesh and drink my blood."

Liu Jin received the detailed content and news of the conspiracy of conservative officials on the same day.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who is in charge of officials all over the world, there are too many people who want to take refuge in Liu Jin. I don't know how many there are.

"Bewitching the Holy One, deceiving the Holy One, treacherous villains, using power for personal gain..."

Liu Jin couldn't help but smile when he saw what was written on the letter.

If you want to talk about these conservative officials, they can do whatever they want, but they are definitely experts in internal fighting. Otherwise, in the past few decades in history, the entire Ming dynasty will control the Donglin Party human hands.

The means used by the Donglin party members are actually very simple. It is nothing more than continuous impeachment, impeachment, and criticism, and then to attack, to bring down one by one, and then send their own people up.

Coupled with the fact that Jiangnan has many talents since ancient times, and half of the officials are from Jiangnan, it is natural to be able to control the entire government.

Originally, the government was always controlled by someone. The key is that after you take control of the government, you will never do practical things for this country and this nation. Their minds are all focused on internal struggle and their own rights and interests. Above, completely disregarding the life and death of the country, this is the most terrible place.

There are many, many people who are greedy for power in history. In the face of power, who can control it?
But after gaining power, what many people think about is how to do something that is really beneficial to the country, instead of only caring about their own self-interest and disregarding the life and death of the country.

When the Ming court was at the end of its rope, with internal and external troubles, the court needed money to strengthen the frontier defense and relieve the victims, but these bureaucrats from the Jiangnan area still swore to oppose the levy of business taxes, and even asked the court to reduce the tea tax and salt tax. tax, sea trade tax, etc.

So that when the Ming Dynasty fell, the imperial court had no money and could not collect money, so it could only collect taxes from poor peasants, which further stimulated conflicts and turned desperate peasants into rebels. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, the commercial tax itself was very low, and it was already difficult to collect commercial tax. However, they were still not satisfied, and they did not care about the life and death of the country at all.

Standing on the commanding heights of morality, constantly attacking others, and doing shady things himself.

Thinking about the Ming Dynasty in history, Liu Jin gritted his teeth with hatred for these people.

For their own benefit, they can collude with Japanese pirates and wantonly carry out armed smuggling in coastal areas.

While wantonly annexing the land, while preventing the court from collecting taxes, the taxes that should have been paid by the scholar-bureaucrats were distributed to the suffering common people.

While shouting loyalty, filial piety, integrity and shame, when Li Zicheng and Mi Qing arrived, they were the first to open the door and kneel down to surrender.

Daming's current situation is not all due to his own painstaking efforts. However, according to these people, the current Daming is in dire straits, the atmosphere is smoky, and he is a villain. They are the real upright people and the real Loyal and capable ministers.

"If you really let people like you control the government of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is probably not far from extinction."

Liu Jin crumpled the letter in his hand and threw it into the stove.

However, he came to his desk, carefully made a list, and began to make a series of arrangements.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Ming Dynasty, he was in charge of the officials of the world and held great power. In addition, the assessment system was implemented, so it was not easy for people like the other party.

Morning the next day.

"There is something to play, nothing to retreat~"

Accompanied by Xiao Jing shouted loudly.

Immediately, several officials stood up. They were not high-ranking officials. They were all officials of the fourth and fifth ranks. Do it, officials who specialize in picking bones.

"Your Majesty, I impeach Wang Shouren, Governor-General of Nanzhili Taxation~"

"During the taxation period of the governor of Nanzhili, he levied violently and used taxation to arrest the police. He wantonly oppressed good people and aroused public resentment. As a result, there have been many incidents of people attacking the tax office in Nanzhili."

Censor Gao Yuanlong stood up and began to impeach Wang Shouren in a serious manner.

Under his words, Wang Shouren became a heinous person. In order to collect taxes, he did everything possible, forcibly breaking down people's homes, stealing, extorting, and even murdering and setting fires, which aroused a lot of public resentment. As a result, the people in the South Zhili area repeatedly attacked the tax office.

Finally, he asked the emperor to immediately order someone to thoroughly investigate Wang Shouren, so as to calm the boiling public grievances in Nanzhili.

"Your Majesty, I also want to impeach Wang Shouren, the tax governor of Nanzhili. He abused his power, forcibly collected taxes, and extorted money. Goodness, arouse people's resentment, and even the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River have people's resentment."

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to thoroughly investigate Wang Shouren, and at the same time abolish the tax office, so as to quell public grievances, and return the people of Jiangnan to a bright future~"

Gao Yuanlong had just finished speaking, and immediately another speaker, Qian Qi, stood up and continued to impeach Wang Shouren. At the same time, he took the opportunity to attack the court's tax policy and demanded the abolition of the tax office.

The excuse is that the tax collection by the so-called tax office has aroused public grievances in the Jiangnan area, causing angry people to attack the tax office.

Following Gao Yuanlong and Qian Qi, one official after another stood up, some impeached Wang Shouren, some took the opportunity to attack the court's tax policy, and some even pointed the finger at Liu Jin.

Hearing these people's words, Emperor Hongzhi sitting on the dragon chair was expressionless, and Liu Jin below frowned deeply. These people are really doing everything for their own self-interest.

Above the imperial court, Yan Ran suddenly raised a wave of opposition to the New Deal, tax reform, government reform and assessment. The impeachment and attack of officials also started with Wang Shouren, and slowly someone impeached Liu Jin.

As for Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua, he was sweating profusely at this moment, like an ant on a hot pot.

If his son Wang Shouren was impeached and criticized, even if it was not a big deal, it would affect his image in the emperor's heart in the future, and it would be difficult for him to be promoted again.

"Ah~"

"A tree that is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and the behavior is higher than that of others, and the people will be wrong~"

"I told him a long time ago that I went to Jiangnan, so don't offend the scholars in Jiangnan too much. We are also from Zhejiang, but he just doesn't listen. Let's make a crowd rise up and attack In short, the future official career will be worrying!"

Wang Hua couldn't help sighing, his son was promoted too fast, but he was too good, and now he is in trouble.

"My dear friends, what do you think of this matter?"

After no one stood up again, Emperor Hongzhi spoke slowly.

Having been emperor for more than [-] years, Emperor Hongzhi has long been emotionless, and he has watched this impeachment scene countless times.

In fact, there was no way to really talk about any important national affairs in the early dynasty. Many times, it would become the main home court of these censors as it is now.

Really talk about big things, still have to be in the small conference room of Shangshufang, as the saying goes, meetings with many people are not important, and important meetings are not crowded.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say~"

Liu Jin naturally wanted to be the first to stand up.

These people criticize Wang Shouren, criticize themselves, and also criticize the tax system and assessment system. This is a proper opposition to everything they have done. If they don't stand up, who will stand up?
"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly to signal Liu Jin to continue.

"Your Majesty, Governor Wang Shouren worked diligently during the Jiangnan taxation period. He thought of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, and went down to think of the Li people in the south of the Yangtze River. Nanzhili used to pay less than [-] million taels of tax a year, but after Wang Shouren's hard work these years, Nanzhili pays nearly [-] million taels of tax in a year, and it is increasing significantly every year."

Liu Jin took out the numbers to speak.

"Your Majesty, this is his violent expropriation in Nanzhili. He used all means to plunder the people's wealth. These are the flesh and blood of the people in Nanzhili."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Gao Yuanlong immediately stood up and said extremely angrily.

"The people you call mean the gentry, businessmen, and big families, right? They don't mean the poor people in the Jiangnan area. The tax office is not responsible for the collection of local grain, and it never collects taxes on the people."

"As for the people you speak of, they are so rich that they are invincible, but they are unwilling to pay a single tax, and they deliberately resist the tax by force, and even mobilize their own clansmen, local hooligans, etc. to attack the yamen, and then When it comes to your mouth, it means that it has aroused public resentment, so that it hit the tax office."

"Excuse me, are these local hooligans considered civilians?"

"Shouldn't these gentry and businessmen pay taxes?"

"Does it still mean that this tax must be collected from those poor people?"

Liu Jin glared at Gao Yuanlong, and the repeated questions made Gao Yuanlong's face change drastically.

Of course, they are very clear about the attack on the tax office in the Jiangnan area. The local gentry, businessmen, big families, etc. arranged their own clansmen, local ruffians, etc. to do it. But no ordinary people would not be afraid of death. To attack the tax office.

Now that Liu Jin said it all at once, he felt guilty on the spot. They impeached and attacked Wang Shouren and the tax policy.

(End of this chapter)